Imagine coming face-to-face with your ex to clear up any unfinished business - or even to consider rekindling lost love.

That's the premise of Channel 5's new series One Night With My Ex, which sees former couples brought together to spend 24 hours in the confined space of a swanky apartment to confront the causes behind their split.

Of the three former couples we meet in episode one, there's 32-year-old Emma and her ex Matt, 28, from Nuneaton, who's keen to prove to his former flame that he's ready to commit - despite the fact he was the one who did the dumping.

Yorkshire lass Imogen, 26, brings her ex Ben, 27, to the apartment to get answers on why he called time on their relationship.

And 22-year-old Ronan admits he still holds a torch for his first love - even though Nick moved from their home town of County Down, in Northern Ireland, to Liverpool to put an end to their four year relationship.

So did the former couples find renewed hope for their failed romance? Or did they simply lay the ghosts of relationships past to rest for good? Read on to find out...

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'THIS IS IT': MATT WINS OVER THE EX HE DUMPED OUT OF THE BLUE... BY POPPING THE QUESTION

Emma questions whether Matt is ready to commit after he dumped her out of the blue two months before the show

Father-of-two Matt, 28, from Nuneaton, dumped his ex just before Christmas.

As Emma, 32, mother-of-three, also from Nuneaton, confronts her former flame, she tells him she was devastated by the end of their one-year relationship.

'You ruined Christmas, we planned to have all our children over. We made a Christmas card with all seven of us, my dog, my cat... I couldn’t give them out!' she cries.

Matt admits it isn't pleasant seeing her upset, and says he wants to prove to her that he is ready to commit and won't break her heart again.

To prove he means what he says, he presents his ex with an engagement ring.

Emma tells Matt she was heartbroken when he left her before Christmas

'My life has been pretty lonely, and these past few weeks I have realised I am still in love with her and there’s nothing that I wouldn’t be prepared to do,' he says on the show.

'I did want to marry her, and I still do want to marry her. I knew I wanted to buy a ring and have it ready when the time arose. If everything goes right I don’t see why I wouldn’t ask her to marry me.'

But Emma has a few things to get off her chest first, namely: 'Why was it so easy for you to leave me?'

Matt admits he had 'instant regret' about his decision to break up with her: 'At the time at the heat of the moment, tempers were flaring, I said things I shouldn’t have, you said things you shouldn’t have said.'

'You looked me in the eye, you stood over my bed and said “I don’t want to be with you”,' says Emma - but Matt manages to talk her around.

Reassuring Emma that she will be able to feel secure in the knowledge he won't leave her again, he produces the ring.

Emma laughs as he asks her to marry him but eventually says yes, although she warns through her smiles: 'Only time will tell that this is going to work.

'By us getting engaged it shows he is serious. That yes "this is it"...'

'WE'VE GOT SOMETHING SPECIAL': FIERY IMOGEN AND BEN REUNITE - BUT NOT BEFORE A ROW

Confrontation is tough for Ben and Imogen, as he gets angry over who is to blame for the end of their relationship

Imogen, 26, from Yorkshire was treated to a first date at Burger King by Ben, 27, who she says she knew immediately was her type - 'confident and cocky'.

Ben admits they 'fell in love pretty quick', but says things went downhill for him when she started 'playing games'.

'Everything was going alright, but there were times when I thought she was just trying to play games and was just trying to get me to chase her and I don't do that.'

A nervous Imogen welcomes Ben into the apartment, and the awkward atmosphere worsens when he blames Imogen for their relationship's demise after she grilled him about cheating.

Irate Ben says: 'I think it was you. You were the reason our relationship fell apart. The way you went about things was just not right.'

But they patch things up and promise to be more honest with one another

Imogen snaps back: 'Forget it, you’re just a cold-hearted piece of s***. You’re just being a w*****... This is not the person I knew. This is not the person I fell in love with!'

Ben insists he's just 'being honest', but Imogen storms off.

Just as it seems there is no hope for reconciliation, Ben softens as he tells Imogen to 'cut the bull****'.

She asks him if he wants to give her a second chance, to which he responds: 'Stop putting this barrier up and then yeah, I do want you back.'

The pair embrace as Ben tells Imogen he sees a future for them, and she says: 'I'm really happy we've made the decision to try again. It’s worth it, we have got something special.

'I might be foolish saying that, but he knows and I know it’s worth trying again for.'

'I WENT REALLY SLUTTY': RONAN STILL HOLDS A TORCH FOR NICK - BUT HE'S DEFINITELY MOVED ON

Nick and Ronan haven't been together for five years - but Ronan still holds a torch for his first love while Nick has moved on

Northern Irish boys Nick and Ronan, both 22, were one another's first love.

The former couple were on and off for four years, and for Nick the only way to break things off for good was to move from his home in County Down to Liverpool to put some distance between the pair.

'He was my first love. He holds a special place in my heart,' Ronan says of his reasons for wanting to see Nick again.

'We were the only two gays in the village. We were totally clueless,' he adds.

Ronan reveals to the ex who left him behind that he still thinks about him.

'I know you do,' Nick tells a bashful Ronan, 'I always get messages from you when you're drunk.'

Ronan still holds a flame for Nick, but when he learns how easily his former boyfriend moved on, it's a shocking reality check.

He asks Nick how many men he has slept with since they split, and is stunned by the response: 'I just went really slutty... I’m in the hundreds.'

'That is bloody crazy. That is disgusting,' Ronan says out of earshot.

Nick explains to the cameras: 'I realised there were other gays out there.'